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Comedy, Isaac Hayes: Dead
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Shelby County Sheriff’s spokesman Shular Shelby said officers went to Hayes’ home after his wife found him on the floor near a treadmill in his house. Hayes was pronounced dead at 2:08 a.m. 2
Isaac Hayes has passed away at the age of 65. He was pronounced dead at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis an hour after his wife found him on the floor near a treadmill inside their home. The cause of death was not immediately known. Isaac Hayes was a soul music legend, whose “Theme From Shaft” won both Academy and Grammy awards. 1
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“Isaac Hayes embodies everything that’s soul music,” Collin Stanback, an A&R executive at Stax, told The Associated Press on Sunday. “When you think of soul music you think of Isaac Hayes — the expression the sound and the creativity that goes along with it.” 4
Isaac Hayes Dead at 65 Posted by: Alyk in Dunzo  This was not a good weekend for talented black men: soul icon Isaac Hayes died at his Memphis home on Sunday. The Oscar and Grammy winner was 65 years old. 3
Isaac Hayes @ Celebrate Brooklyn - June 12, 2008 (more by Kyle Dean Reinford) Soul legend Isaac Hayes, who won Grammy and Academy awards for the theme to the 1971 film “Shaft” and voiced the character “Chef” in the hit comedy series “South Park,” died Sunday in Memphis, Tennessee. Family members found Hayes laying unconscious next to a running treadmill in his basement around 1 p.m. Hayes was pronounced dead at Baptist East Hospital. 5
Hayes in 2001 Photographer and music journalist Rena Kosnett thinks she got one of, if not the , final interview with the singer, songwriter, musician and former “South Park” voice who died Sunday. Hayes, 65, was found dead at home near Memphis. 6
Hayes was found unconscious in his home located just east of Memphis, Tennessee on August 10, 2008 as reported by the Shelby County Sheriff’s Department. A Shelby County Sheriff’s deputy responded to Hayes’ home after his wife found him on the floor near a still-running treadmill. Hayes was taken to Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, where he was pronounced dead at 2:08pm. 7
Who can forget the theme from “Shaft” by Isaac Hayes Jr. (circa 1971)? This movie made actor Richard Roundtree a Star. In the first clip below Hayes perform the hit while visiting in Spain. circa 1973) Jesse Jackson appears onstage as a Special Guest. 8
Issac Hayes passes away More sad news from over the weekend as soul musician Isaac Hayes passed away on Sunday. Steve Shular, spokesman for the Shelby County (TN) Sheriff?s Office, told People magazine: ?The family had last seen [Isaac] about noon. Family members had gone to the grocery store and left him home. When the family came home around 1, his wife?s cousin found him lying on the floor in the basement near a treadmill. The treadmill was running, so it is believed that he had been working out. There doesn?t seem to be any foul play,? There will be a further statement from the hospital about the cause of death.? Source) For all you not alive in the ?70s, you probably know Hayes as the voice of Chef on South Park. 9
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